Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 65 99
Rank change year-on-year +46 +34 +18
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 194 51 39
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.61% 2.60% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.76% 2.82% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 29 28
10th Percentile £413 £483 £471
25th Percentile £463 £519 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £681 £750 £725
90th Percentile £793 £813 £783
Central London median daily rate £550 £650 £576
% change year-on-year -15.38% +12.85% +0.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,650 1,808 2,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.21% 92.01% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,100 1,558
10th Percentile £348 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 10
10th Percentile £20.18 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.18 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £31.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +61.90% -30.46%
75th Percentile £42.47 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £46.05 £132.40 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.66
% change year-on-year -25.40% +26.56% -20.99%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge +1 1 £725 -
Stakeholder Engagement
Central London

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (8.76%) Confluence
2 8 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) CICS
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.67%) MS Visio
3 8 (4.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.52%) SPSS
6 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (5.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.12%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (3.09%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (3.09%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (2.58%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (2.06%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (2.06%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (1.55%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (1.55%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (1.55%) SAP EWM
7 2 (1.03%) NetSuite
7 2 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (1.03%) Workfront
8 1 (0.52%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.52%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.52%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.52%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.52%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (17.01%) Azure
2 20 (10.31%) Power Platform
3 18 (9.28%) AWS
4 10 (5.15%) GCP
4 10 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.58%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.58%) IaaS
6 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (2.58%) SaaS
6 5 (2.58%) Serverless
7 4 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.06%) ChatGPT
7 4 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.06%) Google Analytics
7 4 (2.06%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.06%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.55%) Miro
8 3 (1.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.58%) Firewall
2 4 (2.06%) VPN
3 3 (1.55%) DHCP
3 3 (1.55%) DNS
3 3 (1.55%) Network Security
4 1 (0.52%) Intranet
4 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.52%) NAS
4 1 (0.52%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.79%) Power BI
2 7 (3.61%) Tableau
3 6 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.58%) Metadata
5 3 (1.55%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.55%) Data Vault
5 3 (1.55%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.03%) Looker
6 2 (1.03%) MySQL
6 2 (1.03%) Power Query
6 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.52%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.52%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.52%) Informix
Development Applications
1 31 (15.98%) JIRA
2 2 (1.03%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.52%) ERwin
3 1 (0.52%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 98 (50.52%) Finance
2 80 (41.24%) Social Skills
3 43 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (17.53%) Banking
5 17 (8.76%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.67%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (5.15%) Financial Institution
8 9 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (4.12%) Investment Banking
9 8 (4.12%) Legal
9 8 (4.12%) Marketing
10 6 (3.09%) Front Office
10 6 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.06%) Retail
12 3 (1.55%) Aviation
13 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.52%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 44 (22.68%) Analyst
2 31 (15.98%) Business Analyst
3 23 (11.86%) Architect
4 22 (11.34%) Consultant
4 22 (11.34%) Senior
5 20 (10.31%) Project Manager
6 18 (9.28%) Lead
7 10 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.61%) Programme Manager
8 7 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (3.61%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.09%) Oracle Consultant
10 5 (2.58%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (2.58%) Data Analyst
10 5 (2.58%) Payments Analyst
10 5 (2.58%) Payments Business Analyst
10 5 (2.58%) Senior Business Analyst
10 5 (2.58%) Technical Analyst
11 4 (2.06%) Designer
11 4 (2.06%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.06%) LangChain
1 4 (2.06%) REST
1 4 (2.06%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.55%) LangGraph
3 2 (1.03%) .NET
3 2 (1.03%) JSON
3 2 (1.03%) OpenID
3 2 (1.03%) SAML
4 1 (0.52%) HTML
4 1 (0.52%) HTML5
4 1 (0.52%) JDBC
4 1 (0.52%) jQuery
4 1 (0.52%) LDAP
4 1 (0.52%) Middleware
4 1 (0.52%) OAuth
4 1 (0.52%) ODBC
4 1 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.52%) SOAP
4 1 (0.52%) Spring
4 1 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.25%) Onboarding
1 16 (8.25%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.19%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.09%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.58%) AI Agents
4 5 (2.58%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.06%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.06%) PMI
5 4 (2.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.03%) Blog
7 2 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.03%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.03%) NHS
7 2 (1.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.61%) Windows
2 5 (2.58%) Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.52%) AIX
5 1 (0.52%) Android
5 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.52%) Solaris
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (30.41%) Agile
2 41 (21.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (16.49%) Project Management
5 31 (15.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (14.43%) DevOps
6 28 (14.43%) Migration
7 27 (13.92%) Analytics
7 27 (13.92%) Risk Management
7 27 (13.92%) Workshop Facilitation
8 24 (12.37%) Roadmaps
9 20 (10.31%) Decision-Making
9 20 (10.31%) User Acceptance Testing
10 19 (9.79%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (9.79%) Change Management
11 18 (9.28%) Business Analysis
11 18 (9.28%) Project Delivery
12 17 (8.76%) Process Improvement
13 16 (8.25%) Data Governance
13 16 (8.25%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.79%) SQL
2 7 (3.61%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.09%) Python
4 5 (2.58%) Java
5 2 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.03%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.03%) Korn
5 2 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.52%) Bicep
6 1 (0.52%) C#
6 1 (0.52%) C++
6 1 (0.52%) COBOL
6 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.52%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.52%) R
6 1 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 24 (12.37%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.86%) Degree
2 23 (11.86%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.19%) PMI Certification
4 9 (4.64%) PMP
5 6 (3.09%) CBAP
6 5 (2.58%) CISA
6 5 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.06%) CISSP
8 3 (1.55%) APMG
8 3 (1.55%) CISM
8 3 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.03%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.03%) CFA
9 2 (1.03%) CRISC
9 2 (1.03%) ISEB
9 2 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.76%) QA
2 15 (7.73%) GDPR
3 13 (6.70%) Data Quality
4 12 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (5.15%) NIST
6 7 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (3.61%) PMO
7 5 (2.58%) COBIT
7 5 (2.58%) GRC
7 5 (2.58%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (2.06%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.55%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.55%) PSD2
9 3 (1.55%) Solvency II
10 2 (1.03%) Basel III
10 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.03%) ISO 8583
10 2 (1.03%) NIST 800
10 2 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.03%) Docker
2 2 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.12%) Terraform
2 5 (2.58%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.52%) Ansible
3 1 (0.52%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (20.62%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.76%) SAP
3 16 (8.25%) Oracle
4 10 (5.15%) Google
5 8 (4.12%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.61%) Databricks
7 5 (2.58%) Adobe
8 4 (2.06%) CyberArk
8 4 (2.06%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.55%) Remedy
9 3 (1.55%) Workday
10 2 (1.03%) Ariba
10 2 (1.03%) Charles River
10 2 (1.03%) Guidewire
10 2 (1.03%) IBM
10 2 (1.03%) Informatica
10 2 (1.03%) Talend
10 2 (1.03%) VMware
11 1 (0.52%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.52%) New Relic